"The bad news for Democrats is that President Barack Obama's approval rating in Ohio
is close to his all-time, all-state low. The good news for the party is that the president doesn't
appear to be hurting the Democrats' consensus front-runner for 2016, former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac Poll.

"Only three in ten men or independent voters approve of his job performance, a far cry
from almost two years ago where he won the nation's most important swing state. And the
Democratic approval rating in the low 70s is anemic, at best.

"Secretary Clinton, on the other hand, is almost everyone's favorite candidate. She
squeaks past U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and easily defeats each of the other Republicans
she is matched against and has a solidly positive favorability rating. Obviously there is a long
way to go until 2016, but at this point the political problems the president is encountering are not
rubbing off on her."

Looking at the 2016 White House race, Ohio voters back Clinton over their Favorite Son,
Gov. John Kasich, 47 - 40 percent. She tops other possible Republican contenders:

46 - 42 percent over U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky;

48 - 37 percent over former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush;

46 - 37 percent over New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie.

By a 52 - 43 percent margin, Ohio voters have a favorable opinion of Clinton. For
Republicans, favorability ratings are:

Negative 29 - 35 percent for Bush;

35 - 30 percent for Paul;

34 percent favorable to 36 percent unfavorable for Christie;

46 - 30 percent for Kasich.

In matchups against Republicans, Clinton's lead among women ranges from 20 to 24
percentage points.

Paul gets 44 percent of independent voters to Clinton's 41 percent, but she leads other
candidates among this pivotal group by margins of 6 to 14 percentage points.

From July 24 - 28, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,366 registered voters with a margin
of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia,
Iowa, Colorado and the nation as a public service and for research.

For more information, visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling, call (203) 582-5201, or
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2. Is your opinion of John Kasich favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?